Unison is a file synchronization tool that allows you to synchronize files between two computers. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Unison on MXLinux Latest.
To install Unison on MXLinux, you need to open the terminal. You can do this by clicking on the terminal application located in the applications menu.
Once you have opened the terminal, you can install Unison by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install unison-gtk
This command will install Unison with a graphical user interface. If you prefer to use the command-line interface, you can replace unison-gtk with unison.
After the installation is complete, you can verify that Unison is installed by running the following command:
unison-gtk -version
This should display the version of Unison that is installed on your system.
Before you can use Unison, you need to configure it. To do this, you need to create a profile file. A profile file specifies the directories that you want to synchronize and how you want Unison to handle conflicts.
To create a profile file, open a text editor and create a new file. Save the file with a .prf extension. In this file, you can specify the synchronization parameters for Unison. Here is an example profile file:
root = /home/user/
root = ssh://user@192.168.1.1//home/user/
ignore = Name *.log
auto = true
batch = true
confirmbigdeletes = true
times = true
perms = true
owner = true
group = true
terse = true
This profile specifies that the /home/user/ directory on the local machine should be synchronized with the /home/user/ directory on the remote machine with the IP address 192.168.1.1. It also specifies that files with the .log extension should be ignored.
After you have created a profile file, you can run Unison to synchronize your files. To do this, open a terminal and run the following command:
unison-gtk profile.prf
This command will open Unison with the specified profile file. Click on the Go button to synchronize your files.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Unison on MXLinux Latest.
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